The Impact of the Youth Criminal Justice Act on Police Charging Practices with Young Persons: A Preliminary Statistical Assessment

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Figure 11 shows the proportion of chargeable young persons who were charged with criminal offences, by quarter, for Ontario, from 2001 to 2003.

• January to March

  • 2001 72.5%
  • 2002 71.7%
  • 2003 64.2%

• April to June

  • 2001 69.0%
  • 2002 69.7%
  • 2003 44.9%

• July to September

  • 2001 74.2%
  • 2002 70.8%
  • 2003 48.9%

• October to December

  • 2001 71.6%
  • 2002 67.1%
  • 2003 47.9%

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. See Appendix Table A.5.